Google search is a//web search engine//owned by//Google//Inc. and is the most-used search engine on the//Web//.//[3//] Google receives several hundred million queries each day through its various services.//[4//] Google search was originally developed by//Larry Page//and//Sergey Brin//in 1997.//[5//]
Google Search provides more than 22 special features beyond the original word-search capability.//[6//] These include synonyms, weather forecasts, time zones, stock quotes, maps, earthquake data, movie showtimes, airports, home listings, and sports scores. (see below://Special features//). There are special features for numbers including prices, temperatures, money/unit conversions ("10.5 cm in inches"), calculations ( 3*4+sqrt(6)-pi/2 ), package tracking, patents, area codes,[6] and rudimentary//language translation//of displayed pages.
The order of search results on Google's search-results pages is based on a priority rank called a "//PageRank//". Google Search provides many options for customized search (see below://Search options//), such as: exclusion ("-xx"), inclusion ("+xx"), alternatives ("xx OR yy"), and wildcard ("x * x").//[7//]
What is Google?
The Google Story, Retreived, 24 March, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN5avRvApk.Google runs over one million servers in //data centers// around the world,//[8//] and processes over one billion search requests//[9//] and twenty //petabytes// of user-generated data every day.//[10//]//[11//]//[12//] Google's rapid growth since its incorporation has triggered a chain of products, //acquisitions// and //partnerships// beyond the company's core //search engine//. The company offers online //productivity// //software//, such as its //Gmail// //e-mail// software, and //social networking// tools, including //Orkut// and, more recently, //Google Buzz//. Google's products extend to the //desktop// as well, with applications such as the web browser //Google Chrome//, the //Picasa// photo organization and editing software, and the //Google Talk// //instant messaging// application. More notably, Google created the //Android// //mobile phone// //operating system//, used on a number of //HTC// phones such as the //Nexus One// and //Droid Eris//. Because of its popularity and numerous products, //Alexa// lists Google as the Internet's most visited website.//[13//] Google is also //Fortune Magazine//'s fourth best place to work,//[14//] and //BrandZ//'s most powerful brand in the world.//[15//] However, the company has also //faced criticism// over issues relating to the //privacy// of personal information, //copyright//, and //censorship//.
Retreived, 25 March, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
Google search is a //web search engine// owned by //Google// Inc. and is the most-used search engine on the //Web//.//[3//] Google receives several hundred million queries each day through its various services.//[4//] Google search was originally developed by //Larry Page// and //Sergey Brin// in 1997.//[5//]
Google Search provides more than 22 special features beyond the original word-search capability.//[6//] These include synonyms, weather forecasts, time zones, stock quotes, maps, earthquake data, movie showtimes, airports, home listings, and sports scores. (see below: //Special features//). There are special features for numbers including prices, temperatures, money/unit conversions ("10.5 cm in inches"), calculations ( 3*4+sqrt(6)-pi/2 ), package tracking, patents, area codes,[6] and rudimentary //language translation// of displayed pages.
The order of search results on Google's search-results pages is based on a priority rank called a "//PageRank//". Google Search provides many options for customized search (see below: //Search options//), such as: exclusion ("-xx"), inclusion ("+xx"), alternatives ("xx OR yy"), and wildcard ("x * x").//[7//]
Retreived, 25 March, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(search_engine)